Space Security and Sustainability: Why Is It Essential for Small Island Nations?

During the second Space for Island Nations Conference (SINC), UNIDIR, in coordination with the Maldives Space Research Organisation, and Secure World Foundation sponsored a closed workshop for government and other relevant stakeholders. This workshop aimed to encourage the sharing of views on this topic, provide a forum for informal discussion around current challenges to space security and stability, and explore the role that island nations could play in fostering common understanding of space security.

To encourage a frank exchange of ideas, the workshop was a closed event for representatives of island nations, convened under the Chatham House Rule where “participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed”.

This report summarises key discussions and takeaways from the roundtable discussions that took place in the workshop.

Citation: Sarah Erickson, Almudena Azcárate Ortega "Space Security and Sustainability: Why Is It Essential for Small Island Nations?", UNIDIR, Geneva, 2024.